Radar repaired, setting sail for Taveuni... but not everything goes as planned. Fiji Sailing Boat: Ep 17-2025
20 June 2025 · 24 min · 4K views · Taveuni
What this video covers
The crew of the sailboat Y2K, currently cruising in Fiji, performs a complex repair on their Raymarine radar system after it fails to display targets despite appearing to rotate.2:38 After troubleshooting the unit in Savusavu, the owners discover the replacement radar housing arrived damaged during shipping.9:13 They successfully cannibalise the internal electronics from the new unit and install them into their original, cleaned radar dome.9:57 Following the repair, the system passes a functional test and successfully transmits.13:38 While preparing for a passage towards Taveuni, the crew also manages a large provisioning run and addresses a secondary failure in their chart plotter, which intermittently loses its backlight after several hours of operation.21:41 The sailors decide to anchor at the Paradise Resort after finding no available moorings.23:31 The vessel completes a short coastal transit under motor, providing an opportunity to test recent engine mount replacements.21:20 The crew concludes that relying on used marine electronics has become unsustainable and considers purchasing new equipment to ensure reliability for future passages.22:05
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